The Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

Charles Hefling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2021
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-068969-8 (ISBN)

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The Book of Common Prayer is a sacred text in more than one sense. This brief, accessible survey examines the contents of the Prayer Book, as it is called, especially its principal services, as well as its origins, its revisions, and its sometimes controversial reception as a cultural icon and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity.

The Book of Common Prayer is a remarkable book, a sacred book in more than one sense. It is primarily a liturgical text, meant to be used in corporate worship, and at the same time a literary landmark, a cultural icon, and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity. This brief, accessible account of the Prayer Book, as it is often called, describes the contents of the classical version of the text, with special emphasis on the services for which it has been used most frequently since it was issued in 1662. Charles Hefling also examines the historical and theological context of the Prayer Book's origins, the changes it has undergone, the controversies it has touched off, and its reception in England, Scotland, and America. Readers are introduced to the political as well as the spiritual influence of the Book of Common Prayer, and to its enduring place in English-speaking religion.

Charles Hefling was a professor of systematic theology at Boston College for thirty years and served as editor-in-chief of The Anglican Theological Review. He has also taught at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and in the Diaconal Formation Program of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. He holds three degrees from Harvard University and was ordained to the ministry of The Episcopal Church in 1974.

Introduction

PART I: CONTENTS

1: Divine Service
2: Preambles: Time and the Prayer Book
3: Occasional Services
4: Preambles: "But One Use"

PART II: CONTINUITIES

5: Beginnings
6: Settling In
7: Disruption
8: Establishment
9: The Golden Age
10: Recessional

PART III: CONTEXTS

11: The Prayer Book Printed
12: The Prayer Sung

Appendix 1: Vesture
Appendix 2: The Anglican Communion

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Guides to Sacred Texts
Zusatzinfo	16
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	206 x 137 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
ISBN-10	0-19-068969-2 / 0190689692
ISBN-13	978-0-19-068969-8 / 9780190689698
Zustand	Neuware